Opinion and blogs

In your field: Alan Carter: "I arrived in less than 10 minutes from leaving the milking parlour, so had the genuine farmer look, and possibly smell"

In your field: Alan Carter: "I arrived in less than 10 minutes from leaving the milking parlour, so had the genuine farmer look, and possibly smell"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

In your field
Alan Carter
clock 01 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes: "The target is to pack 140,000 strawberry plants a day, and this year I'm optimistic"

clock 30 November 2025 • 3 min read
Arable

Farming Matters – Simon Jeffery & Lizzie Lloyd: "Soils are key to future of farming"

clock 29 November 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Road to regen: Farming labels hold us back. Regen, organic, conventional - use the tools you have to improve your business

clock 28 November 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Farmers make sure their voices are heard in London

clock 27 November 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus: Jon Watt - "'Many counties no longer have an abattoir at all"

clock 26 November 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave - "Embed farming, food and sustainability across subjects, not as a standalone topic"

clock 26 November 2025 • 4 min read
Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

Arable

Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria and into south-west Scotland

clock 25 November 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "New QMS assurance standards are the most practical and farmer-focused in decades"

Livestock

Letters: "New QMS assurance standards are the most practical and farmer-focused in decades"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Nial Jeffrey, chair of the Quality Meat Scotland Standards Setting Body and cattle and sheep farmer, discusses the latest updates to the QMS Cattle and Sheep Assurance Standards

clock 25 November 2025 • 2 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "This week, we found ourselves in Buckinghamshire alongside a hundred other farmers"

In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "This week, we found ourselves in Buckinghamshire alongside a hundred other farmers"

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

clock 24 November 2025 • 2 min read